VB.net & PDA

[mosie]

Hi, i am a student doing a project on programming a PDA using VB.net to set up a bluetooth communication with a laptop

I am new to Visual Basic.Net, and really needs help in the programming part, as i am losing time in my project..

My main objectives is for 1 laptop and 1 PDA to set up a bluetooth communication to detect one another. Once the laptop is shutdown or out of range, the PDA should sound a buzzer to alert the PDA user.

I am told to do 2 programming (1 for PDA , 1 for the laptop)
Can someone pls help guide me on how i should start? I will appreciate your help very much!!

[Strider]

I have great news for you..... and a perfect sample to get you going.

If you look at www.opennetcf.org they have a bluetooth class for implementing bluetooth on CF(compact framework).net and vb.net. CF.Net is a trimmed down version of vb.net for development on Windows CE.

Opennetcf is a open source development for the compact framework providing you with more functionality so install their SDK http://www.opennetcf.org/getfile.asp?file=SmartDeviceFramework14&dir=bin

and here is the link to the bluetooth library
http://32feet.net/default.aspx
this provides a sample of a chat application using bluetooth between a PDA and PC

Have fun